Monday, October 03, 2016

the ottawa small press fair, autumn 2016 edition: November 26

autumn 2016 / 22nd anniversary editionwill
be held on Saturday, November 26, 2016 in room 203 of the Jack Purcell
Community Centre (on Elgin, at 320 Jack Purcell Lane).

“once
upon a time, way way back in October 1994, rob mclennan and James Spyker
invented a two-day event called the ottawa small press book fair, and
held the first one at the National Archives of Canada...” Spyker moved
to Toronto soon after our original event, but the fair continues, thanks
in part to the help of generous volunteers, various writers and
publishers, and the public for coming out to participate with alla their
love and their dollars.

General info:the ottawa small press book fairnoon to 5pm (opens at 11:00 for exhibitors)

Note: for the sake of increased demand, we are now offering half tables.To
be included in the exhibitor catalog: please include name of press,
address, email, web address, contact person, type of publications, list
of publications (with price), if submissions are being considered and
any other pertinent info, including upcoming ottawa-area events (if
any). Be sure to send by November 15th if you would like to appear in the
exhibitor catalogue.

And don’t forget the pre-fair reading usually held the night before, at The Carleton Tavern! (readers tba)

BE
AWARE: given that the spring 2013 was the first to reach capacity
(forcing me to say no to at least half a dozen exhibitors), the fair
can’t (unfortunately) fit everyone who wishes to participate. The fair
is roughly first-come, first-served, although preference will be given to
small publishers over self-published authors (being a “small press
fair,” after all).